世界の片隅問題

BBC News:16 Feb 2008

UN troops 'trapped' in Eritrea
The United Nations has condemned Eritrea, accusing it of preventing hundreds of peacekeepers from crossing from Eritrea into Ethiopia.

The UN ordered its regional force to withdraw to Ethiopia after the Eritrean government cut off its fuel supplies.

But the UN says only six vehicles have been allowed to leave, some troops have been threatened at gunpoint and now their rations have been stopped.

Eritrea denied blocking their departure saying its supplies had simply run out.

In an emergency session on Friday, the 15-member UN Security Council expressed "deep concern about the impediments and logistical constraints" faced by the force.

Jean-Marie Guehenno, head of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations, told reporters: "It's a very serious situation. We're running out of fuel, we're running out of food."

こんな世界の片隅で・・・・
誰も知ったこっちゃないだろうなあ・・・・
実に面倒くさいことになってきた。
年次財務報告書（と訳すのかどうか知らないが、そのようなもの）が修正に修正を加えてやっと終わったと思ったら、PKO Mission のエリトリアからエチオピアへの移動がごたごたし始めたではないか。時間がかかればかかるほど、予定外の出費は増える、その場しのぎのやりくりでは追いつかなくなる。しかも今年の予算がまだ口座に入ってこない。去年の残りでしのいでいるがこのままでは現金まで足りなくなりそうだ。前借りの準備をした方がいいだろうか、それも許可されるまで数週間かかる。絶対絶命ですか？

このタイミングでこういうニュース（↓）が配信されてくるのが笑える。エリトリアは世界の観光地のトップ・セブンの一つだそうだ。おもしろいので、エリトリアの事務所に転送してやった。

Eritrea: Country One of World's Top Tourist Destinations - Lonely Planet Institution
Shabait.com (Asmara)

12 February 2008
Asmara

A well-known tourism institution, Lonely Planet, indicated that Eritrea is one of the world's top tourist destinations.

The institution, citing the year 2008, pointed out that Eritrea is one of the world's seven best tourist destinations. It further indicated that Eritrea is endowed with breathtaking landscape and pristine coral reefs.


It is to be noted that visiting tourists from different parts of the world have been expressing admiration to Eritrea's rich tourism potentials and its hospitable people, noting that Eritrea is an island of peace in the war-torn Horn region.

Lonely Planet further pointed out that the other six top tourist destinations are Malaysia, Armenia, Bhutan, Montenegro in Serbia, Mozambique and Papua New Guinea.

Lonely Planet has published over 650 titles in 118 countries, with annual sales of more than six million guidebooks.

アルメニアと、モンテネグロと、モザンビークと、パプア・ニューギニアに行ったことがない。モンテネグロは近いのでデンマークにいる間に行ってみたいものだ。